SECTION = C SUBJECT = Computer THERE ARE EIGHT PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune MERCURY
• Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system .
• It is the closest planet from the sun . • Its orbit around the sun takes 87.97 earth days . • Distance from sun = 57.91 million km . VENUS
Venus is the second planet from sun.
It named after a roman goddess of love and beauty . Venus can cast shadows and can be visible to the naked eye in broad day light. Distance from sun = 108.2 million km . EARTH
Earth is the third planet from the sun.
Earth is the only planet that has life on it . Only Earth sustains liquid surface water . Distance from sun = 149.6 million km . MARS
Mars is the forth planet from sun .
Mars is the second smallest planet in solar system and being larger only than mercury . In English , mars carries the name of the roman god of war . Distance from sun = 227.9 million km . JUPITER
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun .
Jupiter is the largest planet in solar system . It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the others planets in the solar system . Distance from sun = 778.5 million km . SATURN
Saturn is the sixth planet from sun .
Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system ,after Jupiter . It is a gas giant with an average radius of about nine and a half times that of earth . Distance from sun = 1.434 billion km . URANUS
Uranus is the seventh planet from sun .
It names is a reference to the Greek god of the sky . It has the third largest planetary radius and forth largest planetary mass in the solar system . Distance from sun = 2.871 billion km . NEPTUNE Neptune is the Eight planet from the sun . Neptune is the farthest planet in the solar system . It is the forth largest planet . Distance from sun = 4.495 billion km . THANK YOU